tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1981803989099160212014-10-07T01:01:55.898-04:00Did You Know ?What you think you know may not be so!
Amaze your friends with these fun facts.Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09497363114642006712noreply@blogger.comBlogger102125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-198180398909916021.post-5371667724902601662012-05-21T15:22:00.003-04:002012-05-21T16:16:59.566-04:00Largest Piece of Hail<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Ivv4ki98_uo/T7qhrBY2f_I/AAAAAAAABJc/NiSjTkuhi9c/s1600/hailstone.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 128px; height: 83px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Ivv4ki98_uo/T7qhrBY2f_I/AAAAAAAABJc/NiSjTkuhi9c/s400/hailstone.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5745082035143606258" /></a><br /><br />Did you know...<br />the largest piece of hail(hailstone) ever recorded fell in Coffeyville, Kansas on September 3, 1979. It was 17.5 inches in diameter - that's several inches larger than a basketball!<br />And the weight was reported to be 1.67 pounds. The deadliest hailstorm on record occurred April 30, 1888 in India where 246 people perished! In the Sichuqan Province of China in 1986 over one hundred people were killed in a hailstorm. Some of the individual hailstones weighed over two pounds. Cross sections of hailstones often reveal layers, much like those of an onion. These layers are caused by the different rates of accumulation and freezing of supercooled water, as the hailstone forms.<br />Hail is responsible for more crop damage than rain, tornadoes or hurricanes. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/120/BB039B998152A0F6E42E883E3044C053.png" style="border: 0 !important; background: transparent;"/></a>Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09497363114642006712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-198180398909916021.post-70054959877291619502012-02-02T22:04:00.004-05:002012-02-02T22:31:19.366-05:00Greatest Snowfall in One Day<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-q3YA50z6TG4/TytVAJKbzXI/AAAAAAAABGY/H1GTo8XefUc/s1600/snowfall%2Bin%2BColorado.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-q3YA50z6TG4/TytVAJKbzXI/AAAAAAAABGY/H1GTo8XefUc/s400/snowfall%2Bin%2BColorado.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704746813942910322" /></a><br />Did you know....<br />In Silver Lake, Colorado on April 14,1921 this town received the greatest amount of snowfall in 24 hours than any other place in the US It measured up to 75.8 inches. That's almost 7 feet of snow, and we have trouble with a few inches....Another impressive record of 63 inches was registered in Georgetown, Colorado on December 4, 1913. How would you like to shovel those driveways??<br /><br /><br /> <a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/120/BB039B998152A0F6E42E883E3044C053.png" style="border: 0 !important; background: transparent;"/></a>Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09497363114642006712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-198180398909916021.post-39290521296123305172012-01-31T17:24:00.004-05:002012-01-31T18:17:54.875-05:00Football "huddle"<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jfhKmUzNrg8/Tyh2k6QE1GI/AAAAAAAABGA/4PvQTeLs4fk/s1600/Paul%2BHubbard%2Bin%2Bfootball%2Bhuddle.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 393px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jfhKmUzNrg8/Tyh2k6QE1GI/AAAAAAAABGA/4PvQTeLs4fk/s400/Paul%2BHubbard%2Bin%2Bfootball%2Bhuddle.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703939304548783202" /></a><br />Did you know the "huddle" in football began in 1894 when a deaf football player,Paul Hubbard, the quarterback player at Gallaudet University, using sign language, had his team group around him to prevent the opposition from seeing his signals. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/120/BB039B998152A0F6E42E883E3044C053.png" style="border: 0 !important; background: transparent;"/></a>Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09497363114642006712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-198180398909916021.post-33106143563943691552012-01-31T17:02:00.004-05:002012-01-31T17:53:47.878-05:00Ken Griffey Jr.<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_32-8Lp4XrQ/Tyhw8VQ2QmI/AAAAAAAABF0/ySfaGXfbrHc/s1600/Ken_Griffey%252C_Jr..jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 313px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_32-8Lp4XrQ/Tyhw8VQ2QmI/AAAAAAAABF0/ySfaGXfbrHc/s400/Ken_Griffey%252C_Jr..jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703933109867004514" /></a><br />Did you know the only father and son to hit back-to-back home runs in a major league baseball game were Ken Griffey Jr., and his father Ken Griffey Sr.?<br />In 1990 and 1991, Griffey Jr and his father became the first son and father to play on the same team at the same time. In his father's first game as a Mariner, on August 31, 1990, the pair hit back-to-back singles in the first inning and both scored. On September 14, the pair hit back-to-back home runs in the top of the first off California Angels pitcher Kirk McCaskill, becoming the first father-son duo to hit back-to-back home runs. The duo played a total of 51 games together before Griffey, Sr., retired in June 1991.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/120/BB039B998152A0F6E42E883E3044C053.png" style="border: 0 !important; background: transparent;"/></a>Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09497363114642006712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-198180398909916021.post-36027044862338944982010-06-25T13:43:00.008-04:002010-06-25T14:13:42.188-04:00Toilet Tissue/Paper<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cmxYzFT5FNA/TCTxCjno69I/AAAAAAAABCI/3zfMbYmftJo/s1600/Toilet+tissue.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 280px; height: 280px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cmxYzFT5FNA/TCTxCjno69I/AAAAAAAABCI/3zfMbYmftJo/s320/Toilet+tissue.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486775272267639762" /></a><br /><br />Did you know...<br />Toilet tissue/paper isn't as old as you may think...<br />Needless to say we have NOT always had Toilet tissue/paper; and it was some time before it was invented even though people saw the need for such an item long before it became a household necessity. So what did people use before toilet paper??? First it was the hand,(gross!) grass, (that's a little better) leaves, (much better if they were soft) corn cobs and even rocks.(that must have been hard) The ancient Greeks used stones and pieces of clay; ancient Romans used sponges on the ends of sticks, that were kept in jugs filled with salty water. Mid-easterners commonly used the left hand, which is supposedly still considered unclean in the Arabian region. But as time goes on we started to realize how much easier and more hygienic a piece of paper could be, so enters the newspaper; Newspapers could be found in almost all "Outhouses". Then there was the Farmers Almanac, which even had a hole in it so it could be hung in the outhouse just for that purpose. Then of course there was the Sears and Roebuck catalog. The catalog became the "king" of the outhouse, until they started making the pages glossy, but by then we had toilet paper. So who invented this much needed and used item? Some say it was Joseph Gayetty who produced the first commercially available toilet paper in the U.S. in 1857. The tissue was moistened with aloe and sold in packages of 500 individual sheets, each one with a watermark bearing Gayetty’s name. It was sold as a medical product, but was not very successful. Three brothers, Edward, Clarence, and Thomas Scott began selling their toilet paper from a push cart in Philadelphia in 1867. It seems the paper was in much demand so in 1879, Edward and Clarence Scott founded the Scott Paper Company (the third brother, Thomas, went into the publishing business instead). Scott toilet paper was sold in rolls that were, apparently, unperforated in the early years. In addition, the company did not market their products under the Scott brand at that time. By 1883, at least one patent had been issued for a toilet paper roll holder that had a serrated cutting blade. The Albany Perforated Wrapping (A.P.W.) Paper Company was selling rolled, perforated (and medicated) toilet paper by 1885—and possibly as early as 1877.<br />A 1935 ad for Northern Tissue boasted that it was “splinter-free,” but this does not suggest, in any way, that all toilet paper prior to theirs had splinters!<br />The first two-ply toilet paper was sold by St. Andrew’s Paper Mill in England in 1942. But no matter who invented toilet paper, Gayetty or Scott, We give thanks. We now have a choice of 1 ply, 2 ply, or 3 ply toilet paper, with aloe or other softeners, or even moist wipes. So now you may ask who invented the toilet??? <br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/120/BB039B998152A0F6E42E883E3044C053.png" style="border: 0 !important; background: transparent;"/></a>Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09497363114642006712noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-198180398909916021.post-45689487445627249052010-03-05T11:19:00.005-05:002010-03-05T13:21:20.515-05:00Uranus, The Planet of Many Moons<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cmxYzFT5FNA/S5FK7xEqd3I/AAAAAAAAA-k/7BmRKJgcPEo/s1600-h/Uranus_Moons.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 219px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cmxYzFT5FNA/S5FK7xEqd3I/AAAAAAAAA-k/7BmRKJgcPEo/s320/Uranus_Moons.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445215815113275250" /></a><br />Did you know...<br />Uranus, the seventh planet from the Sun, has many moons, as much as 27 that we know of.<br />Uranus, the only planet whose name is derived from a figure from Greek mythology rather than from Roman mythology:<br />The name Uranus means "small light" and refers to the pale light emitted by the planet as seen from Earth. It takes Uranus 84 (Earth) years to revolve around the Sun. Uranus has 27 known natural moons. All of these moons have names chosen from characters from the works of Shakespeare and Alexander Pope. The five main moons are named <br />Miranda,no not the warning to criminal suspects in police custody but from a character in the play "The Tempest" by William Shakespeare <br />Ariel,also a character from the play "The Tempest" by Shakespeare who was a lively sprite in attendance on Prospero and from "The Rape of the Lock" by Alexander Pope<br />Umbriel,who was a moody spirit in poet Alexander Pope's "The Rape of the Lock" <br />Titania, The Queen of the Fairies and wife of Oberon in Shakespeare's Midsummer-Night's Dream<br />Oberon from the legendary king of the fairies in medieval and Renaissance literature. He is best known as a character in William Shakespeare's play, A Midsummer Night's Dream, written in the mid-1590s, in which he is Consort to Titania, Queen of the Fairies.<br /><br />The moons Titania and Oberon were spotted by Sir William Herschel on January 11, 1787, six years after he had discovered the planet itself. The other spherical moons, Ariel and Umbriel were discovered in 1851 by William Lassell and in 1948 Gerard Kuiper discovered Miranda. The remaining moons were discovered in 1985 and after, either during the Voyager 2 flyby mission or with the aid of advanced Earth-based telescopes.<br /><br />The 27 moons of Uranus, When discovered, by whom/what<br /><br />Cordelia 1986 Voyager 2 <br />Ophelia 1986 Voyager 2 <br />Bianca 1986 Voyager 2 <br />Cressida 1986 Voyager 2 <br />Desdemona 1986 Voyager 2 <br />Juliet 1986 Voyager 2 <br />Portia 1986 Voyager 2 <br />Rosalind 1986 Voyager 2 <br />Cupid 2003 Showalter and Lissauer <br />Belinda 1986 Voyager 2<br />Perdita 1999 Voyager 2<br />Puck 1985 Voyager 2<br />Mab 2003 Showalter and Lissauer<br />Miranda 1948 Kuiper<br />Ariel 1851 Lassell<br />Umbriel 1851 Lassell<br />Titania 1787 Herschel<br />Oberon 1787 Herschel<br />Francisco 2003 Holman et al.Detected in 2001, published in 2003.<br />Caliban 1997 Gladman et al.<br />Stephano 1999 Gladman et al.<br />Trinculo 2001 Holman et al.<br />Sycorax 1997 Nicholson et al.<br />Margaret 2003 Sheppard and Jewitt<br />Prospero 1999 Holman et al.<br />Setebos 1999 Kavelaars et al.<br />Ferdinand 2003 Holman et al.Detected in 2001, published in 2003.<br /><br /><br /><br />The Rape of the Lock (a poem by Alexander Pope) and the names of the moons of Uranus which derived from this poem :<br />Ariel, Umbriel, Belinda<br /> <br />The Plays by William Shakespeare from which most of the moons of Uranus derived their names:<br /> o A Midsummer Night's Dream: Titania, Oberon, Puck<br /> o The Tempest: (Ariel), Miranda, Caliban, Sycorax, Prospero, Setebos, Stephano, Trinculo, Francisco, Ferdinand<br /> o King Lear: Cordelia<br /> o Hamlet: Ophelia<br /> o The Taming of the Shrew: Bianca<br /> o Troilus and Cressida: Cressida<br /> o Othello: Desdemona<br /> o Romeo and Juliet: Juliet, Mab<br /> o The Merchant of Venice: Portia<br /> o As You Like It: Rosalind<br /> o Much Ado About Nothing: Margaret<br /> o The Winter's Tale: Perdita<br /> o Timon of Athens: CupidShirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09497363114642006712noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-198180398909916021.post-7140302144853802872010-02-16T11:43:00.003-05:002010-02-16T13:29:55.479-05:00Simple Backout Clause.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cmxYzFT5FNA/S3rkGvBnynI/AAAAAAAAA9I/OXlpaZLW9Nc/s1600-h/Constitution.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 143px; height: 107px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cmxYzFT5FNA/S3rkGvBnynI/AAAAAAAAA9I/OXlpaZLW9Nc/s320/Constitution.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438910304356911730" /></a><br />Did You Know....<br />No Congress, no President has been strong enough to stand up to the foreign-controlled Federal Reserve Bank. Yet there is a catch - one that President Kennedy recognized before he was slain - <b>the original deal in 1913 creating the Federal Reserve Bank had a simple backout clause.</b> The investors loaned the United States Government $1 billion. And the backout clause allows the United States to buy out the system for that $1 billion. If the Federal Reserve Bank were demolished and the Congress of the United States took control of the currency, as required in the Constitution, the <b>National Debt would virtually end overnight; the need for more taxes and even the income tax, itself would come to an end.</b> Thomas Jefferson was concise in his early warning to the American nation, "If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issuance of their currency, first by inflation and then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around them will deprive the people of all their property until their children will wake up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered."Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09497363114642006712noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-198180398909916021.post-17712057696300436642010-02-12T07:53:00.005-05:002010-02-12T08:50:18.500-05:00Come Join The CelebrationDid You Know...<br /> It is possible to get over <span style="font-weight:bold;">ONE MILLION visits </span>to your BLOG!<br />Don't think so??? Well Tina at<a href=http://www.tututina.blogspot.com/> TUTU TINA </a> has done just that! <br />Break out the champagne....Put on your party hat and go to TUTU TINA's to help her celebrate this event. <br />For a big thank you to all her visitors Tina is giving away <br />(Drum roll please!...) <b> MONEY and ADVERTISING</b> on her blog. <br />Why is her blog so interesting? She is always helping others make their blog better. <br />She has so much to offer I can't begin to list them here.<br /> What I like most is she makes it simple and fun. <br />While there you may want to sign up for a prize....<br /><br />Here's how to enter:<br />All you need to do is blog about this giveaway on your blog, then leave a comment with your blog link at TUTU TINA to let her know where it is. That's all! Easy enough HUH???<br /> <br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">1st prize - $15.00 and 3 months of free advertising!<br />2nd prize- $10.00 and 2 months of free advertising!<br />3rd prize- $5.00 and 1 month of free advertising!</span><br /><br />Advertisements are in a special top spot and the winners will receive their prize money into their Paypal account.<br /><br />Draw Dates:<br />Feb 12: 3rd prize<br />Feb 19: 2nd prize<br />Feb 26: 1st prize<br /><br />Just click <a href=http://tututina.blogspot.com> TUTU TINA </a> to see her blog.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cmxYzFT5FNA/S3VV54I9OeI/AAAAAAAAA9A/kJwup5EsGVQ/s1600-h/onemilliongiveaway.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 256px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cmxYzFT5FNA/S3VV54I9OeI/AAAAAAAAA9A/kJwup5EsGVQ/s320/onemilliongiveaway.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437346577930598882" /></a>Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09497363114642006712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-198180398909916021.post-38522613232610470542010-02-03T16:41:00.005-05:002010-02-06T09:57:47.041-05:00Expiration Dates ??<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cmxYzFT5FNA/S2nwF29lF-I/AAAAAAAAA84/bkJs9TBmGnE/s1600-h/fresh-egg-carton.png"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 231px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cmxYzFT5FNA/S2nwF29lF-I/AAAAAAAAA84/bkJs9TBmGnE/s320/fresh-egg-carton.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434138408843024354" /></a><br />Did You Know...<br /> For most foods the expiration date indicates the last day the food should be eaten?<br />BUT not for EGGS...for eggs there is an exception: <br />Federally graded fresh eggs in their shells are safe for consumption for three(3) to<br />five(5) weeks after the expiration date on the carton, as long as they are not cracked and kept under refrigeration. <br />So don't throw away your eggs if they have reached the date on the carton, you can still eat them safely.Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09497363114642006712noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-198180398909916021.post-29143958931740910382009-11-15T16:16:00.006-05:002010-02-03T17:48:30.116-05:00What is in Your Bible?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cmxYzFT5FNA/SwByPTamSPI/AAAAAAAAA6M/yBMKM6jLXSw/s1600-h/Shocked-Bible.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 180px; height: 257px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cmxYzFT5FNA/SwByPTamSPI/AAAAAAAAA6M/yBMKM6jLXSw/s320/Shocked-Bible.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404445160080034034" /></a><br />Did you know...<br /><br /> * Jesus said no one has gone to heaven except Himself<br /> * "Christmas" is not mentioned in the Bible<br /> * "Three Wise Men" appear nowhere in the Bible, and none are ever mentioned visiting baby Jesus in a Bethlehem manger<br /> * The Bible doesn't say Jesus died on a Friday, or rose from the grave Sunday morning<br /> * There were not just two of every kind of animal aboard Noah's Ark<br /> * The word "Easter" has vanished from today's Bibles<br /> * The practice of decking a tree with silver and gold is actually condemned by God<br /> * God wanted to kill Moses<br /> * Animals had meaningful discussions with people<br /> * The Bible calls the devil "god"<br /><br />Did you know?<br /><br /> * Moses did not write the Ten Commandments<br /> * Jesus did not come to make everyone understand His message<br /> * A "live forever" diet is mentioned<br /> * The Bible does not say Eve bit into an apple<br /> * Noah, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob were not Jews<br /> * Jesus had a group of "other" apostles in addition to the famous 12<br /> * Jesus made personal appearances on Earth in the OLD Testament<br /> * Women's breasts are celebrated in the Bible<br /> * Nagging wives are mentioned<br /> * God ordered many of his own people to get divorced<br /> * God mandated the slayings of thousands of men, women and children<br /> * There's a person who didn't eat or drink anything for 80 days<br /> * God ran lotteries<br /> * A giant, outdoor night-light blazed every night for 40 years<br /> * Jesus wasn't the only guy to walk on water<br /> * Someone tried to buy the Holy Spirit<br /> * There are magic tricks in Scripture<br /><br />If this surprised you then you should get this book and read it...It will shock you! Shocked by the Bible will have you searching for things you thought were there, but aren't. A must read...Go here to read more or to purchase. <a href="http://superstore.wnd.com/store/item.asp?ITEM_ID=2453 ">Shocked By The Bible</a> And before you ask I don't make a commission off the sales. I just want you to be informed.Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09497363114642006712noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-198180398909916021.post-83099293557175637442009-11-11T15:43:00.005-05:002009-11-12T09:18:23.841-05:00Serial Killers<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cmxYzFT5FNA/SvwZIn5vRnI/AAAAAAAAA58/ktlHUjjRrIU/s1600-h/serialkillers.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 270px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cmxYzFT5FNA/SvwZIn5vRnI/AAAAAAAAA58/ktlHUjjRrIU/s320/serialkillers.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403221288878556786" /></a><br />Did You Know...<br /> Most serial killers lived and did their killing in the USA?<br />For all we know there are even more than what is listed here.<br />Funny thing is most are men. BTW this list doesn't include the ones that never got caught...wonder where they are today? <br />Do you know who your neighbor really is?<br /><br /><br />Serial Killers in <br />United States of America<br /><br />* <span style="font-weight:bold;">Charles Albright</span>: convicted of murdering three prostitutes in Dallas, Texas; sentenced to life imprisonment in 1991<br /> <br />* <span style="font-weight:bold;">Joe Ball</span>: AKA "The Alligator Man"; killed at least 20 women in the early 20th century in Texas<br /> <br />* <span style="font-weight:bold;">Herb Baumeister</span>: suspected of killing 20+ men along I-70; fled and committed suicide after remains of 11 were found on his Westfield, Indiana property<br /> <br />* <span style="font-weight:bold;">David Berkowitz</span>: AKA "Son of Sam" and "The .44 Caliber Killer"; convicted of six murders in New York<br /> <br />* <span style="font-weight:bold;">Bloody Benders</span>: family who killed guests at their inn in Labette County, Kansas in 1872<br /> <br />* <span style="font-weight:bold;">Robert Berdella</span>: convicted of killing six men in 1988 in Kansas City, Missouri; sexually tortured and dismembered his victims<br /> <br />* <span style="font-weight:bold;">Kenneth Bianchi and Angelo Buono Jr</span>: AKA the "Hillside Strangler"; killers of 13 women and possibly involved in three other killings<br /> <br />* <span style="font-weight:bold;">Richard Biegenwald</span>: convicted of killing five people in the early 1980s in the Asbury Park, New Jersey area; suspected in at least six other murders<br /> <br />* <span style="font-weight:bold;">Arthur Gary Bishop</span>: Utah man who murdered five young boys; executed in 1988<br /> <br />* <span style="font-weight:bold;">Lawrence Bittaker and Roy Norris</span>: kidnapped, tortured, raped and murdered five girls in 1979<br /> <br />* <span style="font-weight:bold;">Terry Blair</span>: Kansas City serial killer and rapist; active 1982–2004<br /> <br />* <span style="font-weight:bold;">William Bonin</span>: AKA "The Freeway Killer"; with several accomplices, claimed the lives of 20 boys in California<br /> <br /> * <span style="font-weight:bold;">Robert Charles Browne</span>: convicted of two murders in Colorado; confessed to 48 murders<br /> <br />* <span style="font-weight:bold;">Jerry Brudos</span>: AKA "The Lust Killer" and "Shoe Fetish Slayer"; killed at least five women in Oregon<br /> <br /> * <span style="font-weight:bold;">Ted Bundy</span>: law student who raped and murdered more than 35 women in six states; executed in Florida State Prison on January 24, 1989<br /> <br />* <span style="font-weight:bold;">David Carpenter</span>: AKA the "Trailside Killer"; murdered five women on San Francisco-area hiking trails between 1979 and 1981<br /> <br />* <span style="font-weight:bold;">Michael Bear Carson and Suzan Carson</span>: nomadic hippie killers involved in the counter-culture movement; suspects in 12 homicides; sentenced to life imprisonment for three San Francisco Bay Area murders in 1983<br /> <br />* <span style="font-weight:bold;">Dean Carter</span>: murdered at least four women<br /> <br />* <span style="font-weight:bold;">Richard Chase</span>: AKA "The Vampire of Sacramento"; murdered six people in California the 1970s<br /> <br />* <span style="font-weight:bold;">Doug Clark and Carol M. Bundy</span>: AKA "Sunset Strip Killers"; killed at least seven people during 1980<br /> <br />*<span style="font-weight:bold;"> Carroll Cole</span>: killed 16 people between 1948 and 1980; executed in 1985<br /> <br />* <span style="font-weight:bold;">Alton Coleman and Debra Denise Brown</span>: multi-state killers whose killings took place during two months in 1984; convicted of murder in three states<br /> <br />* <span style="font-weight:bold;">Ray Copeland and Faye Copeland</span>: oldest couple ever sentenced to death in the United States at the ages of 75 and 69; convicted of killing five men; modus operandi was to hire unskilled drifters as farm hands and later kill them<br /> <br />* <span style="font-weight:bold;">Dean Corll, Elmer Wayne Henley and David Brooks</span>: committed the Houston Mass Murders in the 1970s<br /> <br />* <span style="font-weight:bold;">Juan Corona</span>: California killer convicted of murdering 25 men in 1971<br /> <br />* <span style="font-weight:bold;">Charles Cullen</span>: nurse in New Jersey and Pennsylvania who killed as many as 40 patients through lethal injection<br /> <br />* <span style="font-weight:bold;">Andrew Cunanan</span>: murdered five people, including fashion designer Gianni Versace, in a cross-country journey during a three-month period in 1997, ending with Cunanan's suicide, at the age of 27<br /> <br />* <span style="font-weight:bold;">Jeffrey Dahmer</span>: Milwaukee, Wisconsin cannibal who kept heads, skulls and body parts in his apartment for sexual gratification; convicted of 15 murders, but believed responsible for at least two others<br /> <br />* <span style="font-weight:bold;">Albert DeSalvo</span>: AKA "The Boston Strangler"; convicted of unrelated rapes; DeSalvo was never indicted for the Strangler murders, although he did confess to them. A married man who worked as a maintenance man. <br /> <br />* <span style="font-weight:bold;">Westley Allan Dodd</span>: raped and murdered three boys in 1989; executed on January 5, 1993<br /> <br />* <span style="font-weight:bold;">Ronald Dominique</span>: confessed to raping and murdering at least 23 men in Louisiana; sentenced to eight life sentences in 2008<br /> <br />* <span style="font-weight:bold;">Nannie Doss</span>: AKA "The Giggling Granny" and "The Jolly Black Widow"; serial poisoner who killed 11 family members<br /> <br />* <span style="font-weight:bold;">Paul Durousseau</span>: murdered seven in southeast United States between 1997 and 2003; may have killed while stationed in Germany with the Army<br /> <br />* <span style="font-weight:bold;">Mack Ray Edwards</span>: convicted of murdering three children after confessing to the murders of six in Los Angeles County between 1953 and 1969; claimed at one point to have killed as many as 18<br /> <br />* <span style="font-weight:bold;">Raymond Fernandez and Martha Beck</span>: AKA the "Lonely Hearts Killers"; killed at least three women and one child in the 1940s but suspected in up to 20 murders in New York and Michigan<br /> <br />* <span style="font-weight:bold;">Albert Fish</span>: AKA the "Werewolf of Wisteria"; sadist and pedophile who cannibalized several children; convicted of one murder, confessed to 2 others,claimed to have molested 100 children<br /> <br />* <span style="font-weight:bold;">Wayne Adam Ford</span>: AKA "Wayward Wayne"; confessed to murdering four women; believed to have killed others<br /> <br />* <span style="font-weight:bold;">Kendall Francois</span>: serial killer from Poughkeepsie, New York who targeted prostitutes; after strangling the women, he would store them in various crawl spaces in and around his home<br /> <br />* <span style="font-weight:bold;">Joseph Paul Franklin</span>: racist serial killer who targeted interracial couples and attempted to assassinate Larry Flynt and Vernon Jordan; convicted of 11 murders and confessed to nine others<br /> <br />* <span style="font-weight:bold;">John Wayne Gacy</span>: AKA "Killer Clown"; killer of at least 33 men and boys; kept bodies buried under his Chicago home<br /> <br />* <span style="font-weight:bold;">Gerald and Charlene Gallego</span>: AKA the "Gallego Sex Slaves Killers"; kidnapped, raped and killed victims in the late 1970s; most of them were teenagers<br /> <br />* <span style="font-weight:bold;">Carlton Gary</span>: convicted of the murders of seven elderly women in Georgia<br /> <br /> * <span style="font-weight:bold;">Donald Henry</span> "Peewee"" Gaskins: AKA "Meanest Man in America"; convicted of nine murders; confessed to more than 200; executed on September 6, 1991<br /> <br /> *<span style="font-weight:bold;"> Ed Gein</span>: two known victims, one suspected victim, four missing persons; elements of Gein's life and crimes have inspired, at least in part, the films Psycho and The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, and the novel/movie The Silence of the Lambs<br /> <br />* <span style="font-weight:bold;">Janie Lou Gibbs</span>: Georgia poisoner who killed five family members<br /> <br />* <span style="font-weight:bold;">Kristen Gilbert</span>: AKA the "Angel of Death"; nurse convicted of killing four by epinephrine injection<br /> <br />* <span style="font-weight:bold;">Lorenzo Gilyard</span>: killed up to 13 prostitutes in the Kansas City area 1977 to 1993<br /> <br />* <span style="font-weight:bold;">Harvey Glatman</span>: Californian rapist and killer of three women; lured women to pose for "bondage photographs"; executed September 18, 1959<br /> <br /> * <span style="font-weight:bold;">Jeffrey Gorton</span>: convicted of two rape-murders in Michigan, suspected of more<br /> <br />* <span style="font-weight:bold;">Dana Sue Gray</span>: convicted of murder of three elderly women and attempted murder of a fourth in California<br /> <br /> * <span style="font-weight:bold;">Vaughn Greenwood</span>: convicted of nine counts of murder, including eight of the "Skid Row Slasher" killings in southern California<br /> <br />* <span style="font-weight:bold;">Belle Gunness</span>: Norwegian-born murder-for-profit killer who killed her suitors and children in Indiana<br /> <br />* <span style="font-weight:bold;">Anna Marie Hahn</span>: German-born murder-for-profit killer who poisoned five elderly men; executed in 1938<br /> <br />*<span style="font-weight:bold;">Robert Hansen</span> : Alaskan baker who killed prostitutes at his cabin; convicted of four murders but admitted to 11 others<br /> <br /> *<span style="font-weight:bold;">Donald Harvey</span>: AKA "Angel of Death"; hospital orderly; confessed to more than 80 "mercy killings" with 37 confirmed killings<br /> <br />* <span style="font-weight:bold;">William Heirens</span>: AKA "The Lipstick Killer"; confessed to three murders spanning from June 1945 to January 1946<br /> <br />* <span style="font-weight:bold;">Dr. H. H. Holmes</span>: active from 1890 to 1894 during Chicago's 1893 World's Columbian Exposition; convicted of only one murder but definitively tied to at least eight more and confessed to a total of 27<br /> <br />* <span style="font-weight:bold;">Waneta Hoyt</span>: New York woman who murdered her five children<br /> <br /> *<span style="font-weight:bold;"> Michael Hughes</span>: killed four women in the Los Angeles area between 1992 and 1993; charged in 2008 with raping and murdering four additional women between 1986 and 1993<br /> <br />* <span style="font-weight:bold;">Leslie Irvin</span>: AKA "Mad Dog"; convicted of killing six people in Indiana in the mid-1950s; his Supreme Court case set a precedent for fair trials of highly publicized defendants<br /> <br />* <span style="font-weight:bold;">Phillip Carl Jablonski</span>: killed at least four women in California and Utah<br /> <br />* <span style="font-weight:bold;">Keith Hunter Jesperson</span>: Canadian serial killer convicted in the United States<br /> <br />* <span style="font-weight:bold;">Vincent Johnson</span>: AKA the "Brooklyn Strangler"; a homeless crack addict who killed at least five prostitutes<br /> <br />* <span style="font-weight:bold;">Genene Jones</span>: Texas pediatric nurse who poisoned infants in her care; convicted of only one murder but suspected of 10 or more others<br /> <br />* <span style="font-weight:bold;">Patrick Kearney</span>: necrophiliac convicted of 21 murders in California and admitted to seven other murders<br /> <br />* <span style="font-weight:bold;">Edmund Kemper</span>: started killing when he was 15 years old in Santa Cruz, California; convicted of six murders and implicated in four others<br /> <br />* <span style="font-weight:bold;">Tillie Klimek</span>: Chicago woman who poisoned five husbands; sentenced to life imprisonment<br /> <br />* <span style="font-weight:bold;">Paul John Knowles</span>: raped and murdered 18 people<br /> <br />* <span style="font-weight:bold;">Randy Kraft</span>: convicted of the murders of 16 young men and boys; suspected of 51 others in California<br /> <br />* <span style="font-weight:bold;">Timothy Krajcir</span>: confessed to killing more than nine women—five in Missouri and four others in Illinois and Pennsylvania<br /> <br />* <span style="font-weight:bold;">Peter Kudzinowski</span>: killed children in New Jersey in the 1920s<br /> <br />* <span style="font-weight:bold;">Leonard Lake and Charles Ng</span>: ex-Marines and survivalists; killed at least 11 people and suspected of 25 in Wilseyville, California; collected and murdered female sex slaves<br /> <br />* <span style="font-weight:bold;">Derrick Todd Lee</span>: AKA the "Baton Rouge Serial Killer"; convicted of two murders; linked by DNA evidence to five others<br /> <br />* <span style="font-weight:bold;">Henry Lee Lucas</span>: convicted of 11 murders and confessed to approximately 3,000 others, although most of his confessions are considered outlandish; a task force set up to investigate his claims suggested that the true number of his murders may be as high as 213<br /> <br />* <span style="font-weight:bold;">Rhonda Belle Martin</span>: Alabama poisoner who murdered six family members; suspected of poisoning at least nine; executed in 1957<br /> <br />* <span style="font-weight:bold;">Michigan murders (John Norman Collins and Gary Leiterman)</span>: committed separately in Ypsilanti and Ann Arbor between 1967 and 1969<br /> <br />* <span style="font-weight:bold;">Frederick Mors</span>: Austrian who killed 17 elderly patients by poisoning in New York<br /> <br />* <span style="font-weight:bold;">John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo</span>: AKA "Beltway Snipers"; Muhammad is convicted of seven murders so far and awaiting prosecution for nine others; Malvo was convicted of, plead guilty to, or confessed to at least nine murders<br /> <br />* <span style="font-weight:bold;">Herbert Mullin</span>: schizophrenic in Santa Cruz, California who killed people to prevent earthquakes; convicted of 10 murders and confessed to three others<br /> <br />* <span style="font-weight:bold;">Earle Nelson</span>: AKA "Gorilla Man"; necrophiliac convicted and hanged for one murder; implicated in about 20 others<br /> <br />*<span style="font-weight:bold;"> Marie Noe</span>: murdered eight of her children between 1949 and 1968<br /> <br />* <span style="font-weight:bold;">Gordon Stewart Northcott</span>: AKA the "Wineville Chicken Coop Murders"; California man who confessed to kidnapping, raping and murdering nine young boys with the aid of his mother, Sarah Louise Northcott in the 1920s; suspected of the murder of nearly 30, executed in 1930<br /> <br />* <span style="font-weight:bold;">Carl Panzram</span>: murderer, rapist and arsonist; convicted of two murders; confessed to 19 others; executed in 1930<br /> <br />* <span style="font-weight:bold;">Gerald Parker</span>: AKA the "Bedroom Basher" raped and murdered five women and killed the unborn baby of a sixth woman in Orange County, California<br /> <br />* <span style="font-weight:bold;">Christopher Peterson</span>: AKA the "Shotgun Killer", confessed to shooting seven people with a shotgun in a killing spree spanning from October 30, 1990 to December 18, 1990 in Indiana.<br /> <br />* <span style="font-weight:bold;">Dorothea Puente</span>: convicted of three killings in Sacramento, California during the 1980s; suspected of six others<br /> <br />* <span style="font-weight:bold;">Dennis Rader</span>: AKA the "BTK Killer"; killed ten people between 1974 and 1991 in Sedgwick County, Kansas<br /> <br />* <span style="font-weight:bold;">Richard Ramirez</span>: AKA the "Night Stalker"; terrorized Los Angeles in 1984 and 1985; convicted of 14 murders<br /> <br />* <span style="font-weight:bold;">David Parker Ray</span>: convicted of rape and torture and sentenced to 224 years in prison; FBI believes he was responsible for the deaths of 60 women in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico<br /> <br />* <span style="font-weight:bold;">Paul Dennis Reid</span>: killed seven people during armed robberies between February and April 1997<br /> <br />* <span style="font-weight:bold;">Ángel Maturino Reséndiz</span>: killed nine people in Texas, Kentucky, and Illinois<br /> <br />* <span style="font-weight:bold;">Gary Ridgway</span>: AKA the "Green River Killer"; convicted of murdering 48 women in Washington state<br /> <br />* <span style="font-weight:bold;">Joel Rifkin</span>: murdered 17 women in the New York City and Long Island areas<br /> <br />* <span style="font-weight:bold;">John Edward Robinson</span>: AKA the "Cyber Sex Killer"; lured victims through the internet; convicted of murdering six women in Missouri and Kansas<br /> <br />* <span style="font-weight:bold;">Dayton Leroy Rogers</span>: murdered at least six women in Oregon<br /> <br />* <span style="font-weight:bold;">Danny Rolling</span>: pleaded guilty to murdering five students in Florida; executed in 2006<br /> <br />* <span style="font-weight:bold;">Michael Bruce Ross</span>: raped and murdered seven women in Connecticut; executed May 13, 2005<br /> <br />* <span style="font-weight:bold;">Efren Saldivar</span>: respiratory therapist who killed six patients, possibly as many as 120<br /> <br />* <span style="font-weight:bold;">Altemio Sanchez</span>: AKA the "Bike Path Rapist"; responsible for three murders and numerous rapes spanning a 25-year period in Buffalo, New York; currently serving three consecutive 75 years-to-life sentences for the murders<br /> <br />* <span style="font-weight:bold;">Heriberto Seda</span>: New York City copycat killer of the "Zodiac Killer" active from 1990 to 1994; convicted of shooting eight individuals, killing three; sentenced to life imprisonment in 1998<br /> <br />* <span style="font-weight:bold;">Gerard John Schaefer</span>: Florida police officer who killed up to 34 women and girls<br /> <br />* <span style="font-weight:bold;">Tommy Lynn Sells</span>: convicted of only one murder; admitted to murdering dozens of people across the United States, possibly in excess of 70 although only six are confirmed<br /> <br />* <span style="font-weight:bold;">Arthur Shawcross</span>: AKA "The Genesee River Killer"; convicted of 12 murders; confessed to one more<br /> <br />* <span style="font-weight:bold;">Robert Shulman</span>: convicted of murdering five prostitutes between 1991 and 1996<br /> <br />* <span style="font-weight:bold;">Lemuel Smith</span>: confessed to the murders of five people, including an on-duty female prison guard<br /> <br />* <span style="font-weight:bold;">Morris Solomon Jr</span>.: handyman who killed six young women between 1986 and 1987 in Sacramento, California<br /> <br />* <span style="font-weight:bold;">Anthony Sowell</span>: Cleveland, Ohio man arrested in November 2009; 10 bodies found on premises<br /> <br />* <span style="font-weight:bold;">Gerald Stano</span>: convicted murderer of 41 women; executed in 1998<br /> <br />* <span style="font-weight:bold;">Cary Stayner</span>: killed four women in Yosemite, California<br /> <br />* <span style="font-weight:bold;">Michael Swango</span>: physician and surgeon who poisoned over 30 of his patients and colleagues<br /> <br />* <span style="font-weight:bold;">William Suff</span>: AKA the "Riverside Killer"; killed up to 19 women near Riverside, California<br /> <br />* <span style="font-weight:bold;">Marybeth Tinning</span>: New York woman who smothered nine of her children to death<br /> <br />* <span style="font-weight:bold;">Ottis Tool:Henry Lee Lucas' accomplice</span>; convicted of six murders in Florida; confessed to but never tried for Adam Walsh's murder<br /> <br />* <span style="font-weight:bold;">Maury Travis</span>: St. Louis area torture killer of 12-17 prostitutes from 2000 to 2002<br /> <br />* <span style="font-weight:bold;">Chester Turner</span>: murderer of women in Los Angeles, California; convicted of 12 murders and linked through DNA evidence to another<br /> <br />* <span style="font-weight:bold;">Henry Louis Wallace</span>: Charlotte, North Carolina killer of at least nine young women from 1992 to 1994<br /> <br />* <span style="font-weight:bold;">Coral Eugene Watts</span>: convicted of two murders; admitted to killing 80 people in Texas and Michigan; possibly guilty of 100 murders<br /> <br />* <span style="font-weight:bold;">Nathaniel White</span>: convicted of stabbing to death six women in the Hudson Valley, New York area from 1991 to 1992<br /> <br />* <span style="font-weight:bold;">Wayne Williams</span>: convicted of two murders; police claim his arrest solved 23 others in a string of 29<br /> <br />* <span style="font-weight:bold;">Gwendolyn Graham and Cathy Wood</span>: Michigan duo who murdered five elderly nursing home residents in their care and claimed to have killed another<br /> <br />* <span style="font-weight:bold;">Randall Woodfield</span>: AKA the "The I-5 Killer" and "The I-5 Bandit"; convicted of four murders; believed responsible for 14 others<br /> <br />* <span style="font-weight:bold;">Aileen Wuornos</span>: shot six men dead in Florida; executed in 2002<br /> <br />* <span style="font-weight:bold;">Robert Lee Yates</span>: murdered at least 13 women in Spokane County, WashingtonShirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09497363114642006712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-198180398909916021.post-37545993518215861792009-11-09T16:17:00.001-05:002009-11-09T16:20:56.468-05:00ElephantDid you know...<br /> The Elephant is the only mammal that can't jump?<br />Could it be because of their weight or from weak knees?Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09497363114642006712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-198180398909916021.post-40074393942830024132009-10-27T13:49:00.003-04:002009-11-09T16:23:40.780-05:00Interesting Facts about Michael Jacksons 10 top SongsDid You know the<br /><br /> top 10 Michael Jackson songs of all time, as rated by AOL Radio listeners? Let us know what your favorite MJ song is in the comments.<br /><br />1)<br />From the Album: 'Thriller'<br /><br />Did you know... MTV named the 14-minute-long video as the greatest music video of all-time. 'Thriller' was the seventh and final single released from the album of the same name. The original name for the song was 'Starlight Love.'<br /><br /><br />2) 'Billie Jean'<br /><br />Album: 'Thriller'<br /><br />Did you know... The song was almost removed from 'Thriller' after a disagreement occurred between producer Quincy Jones and Jackson. The video brought MTV into the mainstream, and it was reportedly the first video the channel aired by a black artist.<br /><br /><br />3) 'Beat It'<br /><br />Album: 'Thriller'<br /><br />Did you know... For the 25th anniversary re-release of 'Thriller,' a remix was included titled 'Beat It 2008,' which featured additional vocals by Fergie, although a parody song released in 1984 by "Weird Al" Yankovic was much more popular. That spoof, 'Eat It,' was recorded with Michael's permission and won a Grammy for Best Comedy Recording.<br /><br /><br />4) 'Wanna Be Startin' Somethin''<br /><br />Album: 'Thriller'<br /><br />Did you know... The phrase at the end of the chorus -- "Mama-se, mama-sa, mama-ma-coo-sa" -- are taken from a 1973 song 'Soul Makossa,' by Cameroonian saxophonist Manu Dibango. "Makossa" means "dance" in Duala, a Cameroonian language. Jackson has never lip-synched this song on any of his tours since 1984.<br /><br /><br />5) 'The Way You Make Me Feel'<br /><br />Album: 'Bad'<br /><br />Did you know... Michael wrote this song in response to his mother, Katherine Esther, who wanted him to write a song with a "shuffling kind of rhythm." For his 30th anniversary concert in 2001, he performed the song alongside Britney Spears. However, CBS cut her from the footage and her performance did not air.<br /><br /><br />6) 'Smooth Criminal'<br /><br />Album: 'Bad'<br /><br />Did you know... Michael does one of his most memorable dance moves in the music video for 'Smooth Criminal,' where he seemingly defies gravity and leans forward without bending his knees and keeps his heels firmly in place. While he used wires for the video, his team patented a special type of shoes in 1993 that he wore for his stage performances. Before Michael leaned forward, the shoes would become attached to the stage through special pegs, thus leaving concert fans wondering, "How did he do that?"<br /><br />7) 'Man in the Mirror'<br /><br />Album: 'Bad'<br /><br />Did you know... When Jackson played 'Man in the Mirror' on his Dangerous World Tour in 1992, stuntman Kinnie Gibson dressed like him and flew out of the arena wearing a jet pack.<br /><br />8) Album: 'Bad'<br /><br />Did you know... The song was originally set to be a duet between Jackson and Prince, but Prince declined and told Jackson and producer Quincy Jones that "it would be a hit without [him]." The full music video of the song is an 18-minute short film with Jackson portraying a young man named Daryl who once was "bad" and tries to prove to his old friends that he still has an edge after spending time in prep school.<br /><br />9) 'Rock With You'<br /><br />Album: 'Off The Wall'<br /><br />Did you know... This was one of the last big songs from the disco era, hitting No. 1 on both the Pop and R&B charts.<br /><br /><br />10) 'Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough'<br /><br />Album: 'Off the Wall'<br /><br />Did you know... The song was MJ's debut single from 'Off The Wall' and the first solo recording that he had creative control on.Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09497363114642006712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-198180398909916021.post-11845069678707215692009-10-12T08:42:00.003-04:002009-10-12T08:53:57.453-04:00Gender of Santas Reindeer?Did you know...
<br />We have never figured out what sex Santas reindeer are?
<br />The Confusing Sexual Identity of Dasher, Dancer, and the rest of Santa's Reindeer<p>You all know Dasher and Dancer, Prancer and Vixen, Comet and Cupid, and Donder and Blitzen but, do you know what sex they are?</p>
<br /><p>For years, many people have assumed that these reindeer were male. Then along comes the Alaska's Department of fish and game and tells that Santa's reindeer are most likely female.</p>
<br /><p>The reason being that while both male and female reindeer have antlers, the bucks shed them between the end of October and the middle of November, while the does keep their antlers until January. Which means quite simply that Santa's reindeer, are according to science, females.</p>
<br /><p>But there is nothing scientific about Santa or his Reindeer, so I decided to do a little research into the matter and try to discover for myself what sex those darn reindeer are.</p>
<br /><p>The most logical place to start was where it all began with Moore's poem a visit by St. Nick. I was pretty sure I knew the poem by heart but just in case I had missed something I reread the poem. Nowhere in this work does it mention what sex any of these reindeer are. So, Mr. Moore was absolutely no help in solving this perplexing question.</p>
<br /><p>Next I did a through Internet search to discover who first pronounced these reindeer to be of the male gender. Again I came up empty-handed. It seems as though no one actually made such a pronouncement; people just seemed to assume that the reindeer were males.</p>
<br /><p>In fact, the first mention of any of the original eight reindeer being male came in the 1964 movie, Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer. In this animated show Donder is Rudolph's father.&nbsp; Ironically, in the original story of Rudolph written by Robert May, not only is Donder <strong><em>not&nbsp; </em></strong>Rudolph's father, but Rudolph was not even born at the North pole.</p>
<br /><p>To further confuse this very sensitive issue, Moore's original poem does not refer to a reindeer named Donner, the reindeer's name is actually <em>Donder--</em>the name Donner became accepted as one of Santa's reindeer when the song Rudolph written by Johnny Marx became popular.</p>
<br /><p>So how did Santa's reindeer end up being thought of as male? Many believe it is because Moore bestowed on them masculine sounding names, like Dasher, Comet and Blitzen.</p>
<br /><p>While this may be part of the explanation, one only has to look at the name Vixen and its meaning to conclude that at least one of Santa's reindeer must be female. While Dancer and Prancer could be either sex.</p>
<br /><p>The truth of the matter is the sex of these reindeer is as much a mystery now as it was in the beginning. It is perhaps a mystery that shall never be solved.</p>
<br /><p>The question is do we really care? I for one don't care much if these reindeer are male or female, as long as my gifts arrive on time, gender will never be an issue.</p><p>Original article: <a href='http://factoidz.com/the-confusing-sexual-identity-of-dasher-dancer-and-the-rest-of-santas-reindeer/' title='The Confusing Sexual Identity of Dasher, Dancer, and the rest of Santa's Reindeer'>The Confusing Sexual Identity of Dasher, Dancer, and the rest of Santa's Reindeer</a> - written by Martha lownsberry on <a href='http://factoidz.com'>Factoidz</a></p>Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09497363114642006712noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-198180398909916021.post-53632543774720853382009-10-11T17:17:00.003-04:002009-10-11T17:24:42.316-04:00Coconut Water<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cmxYzFT5FNA/StJMmt3YxII/AAAAAAAAA4k/5yXW9OExlj8/s1600-h/Coconut_drink.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cmxYzFT5FNA/StJMmt3YxII/AAAAAAAAA4k/5yXW9OExlj8/s320/Coconut_drink.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391455931946550402" /></a><br /><br />Did You Know...<br />The water inside a young coconut is identical to human blood plasma. Coconut water is the clear liquid inside young coconuts (fruits of the coconut palm), not to be confused with coconut milk. As the fruit matures, the coconut water gradually is replaced by the coconut meat and air. A very young coconut has very little meat, and the meat is very tender, almost a gel. Coconut water has long been a popular drink in the tropics, especially in Southeast Asia, the Pacific Islands like Hawaii and the Caribbean, where it is available fresh, canned or bottled. It is naturally fat-free and low in food energy (16.7 calories or 70 kilojoules per 100 grams).Coconut water is also used as an intravenous fluid in some developing countries where medical saline is unavailable. Many lives have been saved from using coconut water as an intravenous fluid.Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09497363114642006712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-198180398909916021.post-22718285179422521502009-10-07T09:12:00.002-04:002009-10-07T09:33:00.034-04:00Tarot CardsBack in the 1300's these cards were just a game. Now some believe tarot cards can predict the future. Are they just like any other card game? What do you think? <br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ltcuBjYXAJg&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ltcuBjYXAJg&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09497363114642006712noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-198180398909916021.post-67734724660695381102009-09-27T11:34:00.002-04:002009-09-27T11:37:18.313-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cmxYzFT5FNA/Sr-GbiU81EI/AAAAAAAAA20/w8O89014TUk/s1600-h/southern+lights.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 211px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cmxYzFT5FNA/Sr-GbiU81EI/AAAAAAAAA20/w8O89014TUk/s320/southern+lights.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386171486987670594" /></a><br /><br /><br />The Southern Lights, or Aurora Australis, was seen from space in 1990. Like the Northern Lights, the Southern Lights appear when the solar wind interacts with the Earth's magnetic field.Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09497363114642006712noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-198180398909916021.post-26989776916067368652009-09-20T03:20:00.003-04:002009-09-20T04:17:32.720-04:00What's in a name?Did you know?...<br /><br />Richard Millhouse Nixon was the first U.S. president whose name contained all the letters from the word 'criminal'. The second was William(Bill) Jefferson Clinton.<br /> Now look at what we find in the name Barack Hussein Obama.Junior: Crook, sinner, omen, crime,Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09497363114642006712noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-198180398909916021.post-40409996610973918562009-09-15T13:31:00.002-04:002009-09-15T13:40:28.204-04:00Butterflies and Moths<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cmxYzFT5FNA/Sq_RgQaizAI/AAAAAAAAA10/aL7gOTS0UAU/s1600-h/Butterfly+and+moth.gif"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 189px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cmxYzFT5FNA/Sq_RgQaizAI/AAAAAAAAA10/aL7gOTS0UAU/s320/Butterfly+and+moth.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381750431823350786" /></a><br />Did you know...<br /> the wings of butterflies and moths are actually transparent?<br /><br />The iridescent scales, which overlap like shingles on a roof, give the wings the colors that we see. Contrary to popular belief, many butterflies can be held gently by the wings without harming the butterfly. Of course, some are more fragile than others, and are easily damaged if not handled very gently.<br /><br />Did you know...<br /> butterflies taste with their feet?<br /><br />Their taste sensors are located in the feet, and by standing on their food, they can taste it!<br /><br />All butterflies have six legs and feet. In some species such as the monarch, the front pair of legs remains tucked up under the body most of the time, and are difficult to see.<br /><br />Did you know...<br /> butterflies don't have mouths that allow them to bite or chew?<br /><br />They, along with most moths have a long straw like structure called a proboscis which they use to drink nectar and juices, used much like the straw that comes with your soft drinks from McDonald's. When not in use, the proboscis remains coiled like a garden hose.<br /><br />Some moths, like the Luna moth doesn't have a proboscis. Their adult lifespan is so very short they do not eat at all. They simply seek a mate, reproduce, then die.<br /><br /><br />The Asian Vampire moth pierces the skin with its strong, sharp proboscis and drinks the blood of animals. So there really are vampires, just not the kind we see in movies, humans!<br /> <br />Did you know...<br /> the butterfly doesn't spin a cocoon?<br /><br />You will often erroneously hear and read that the adult butterfly emerges from its cocoon. Moths spin cocoons of silken threads, often using leaves to help surround themselves.<br /><br />Caterpillars shed their final skin to reveal a pupa. The outer skin of this pupa hardens to form a chrysalis which protects and hides the amazing transformation that is occurring inside.<br /><br />Pupae take on a wide variety of appearances, depending on the species of butterfly. Some hang from beneath leaves or twigs. Others are girdled to the side of a stem much like a worker on a telephone pole. Some are smooth and shiny while others are rough and even spiky. Some are beautifully colored with dots and lines of gold while others are drab and barely noticeable. No matter what the design, the function is the same - to lessen the chances of being eaten by a predator and to increase the likelihood of producing an adult butterfly or moth. <br /><br />Did you know...<br /> most butterflies fly during the day, and most moths fly during the night.The best way to identify a butterfly from a moth is to look at its antenna. A butterfly's antenna have knobs at the ends of their feelers, and the ends of the moth's antenna is either feather like or plain. Most butterflies rest with their wings held up above their bodies and most moths rest with their wings spread out flat. Typically butterflies have brightly colored wings and moths have dull colored wings. Most butterflies have slender, hairless bodies, while most moths have a fat abdomen and furry bodies. Most moths have tiny hook or bristle hooking the forewings and hind wings together. Butterflies do not have this hook. Moths have existed about 100 million years longer than butterflies. So although butterflies and moths appear very much alike, there are quite a number of differences.Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09497363114642006712noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-198180398909916021.post-79131105760890859672009-09-08T12:55:00.004-04:002009-09-08T13:48:50.495-04:00Rainbows<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cmxYzFT5FNA/SqaRTty5wdI/AAAAAAAAA1s/fixY61T35M0/s1600-h/Rainbow.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cmxYzFT5FNA/SqaRTty5wdI/AAAAAAAAA1s/fixY61T35M0/s320/Rainbow.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379146572837274066" /></a><br />Did you know...<br />It doesn't have to rain for us to see a rainbow it can be seen in the early morning dew, in the fine mist from a waterfall or in the spray of water from the ocean. But it must be from some sort of water as the rainbow is an optical and meteorological phenomenon that causes a spectrum of light to appear in the sky (or other places) when the Sun shines onto droplets of moisture in the Earth's atmosphere. They take the form of a multicolored arc, with red on the outer part of the arch and violet on the inner section of the arch. A rainbow spans a continuous spectrum of colors; the discrete bands are an artifact of human color vision. The most commonly cited and remembered sequence, in English, is Newton's sevenfold <span style="font-weight:bold;">red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet</span> (popularly memorized by mnemonics like Roy G. Biv or (R)un O)n Y)ou G)reat B)ig I)vy V)ine<br /><br />Contrary to popular belief, the light at the back of the raindrop does not undergo total internal reflection, and some light does emerge from the back. However, light coming out the back of the raindrop does not create a rainbow between the observer and the sun because spectra emitted from the back of the raindrop do not have a maximum of intensity, as the other visible rainbows do, and thus the colors blend together rather than forming a rainbow.Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09497363114642006712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-198180398909916021.post-69097668196218573562009-08-27T13:09:00.003-04:002009-08-27T13:47:27.118-04:00Julia Child a spy?<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cmxYzFT5FNA/SpbGpP4DcJI/AAAAAAAAA1U/P5waXX_Nzgc/s1600-h/Julia+Child.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 116px; height: 124px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cmxYzFT5FNA/SpbGpP4DcJI/AAAAAAAAA1U/P5waXX_Nzgc/s320/Julia+Child.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374701617251840146" /></a><br />Did you know...<br />Julia Child was not a natural born Frenchwoman?<br />The popular TV chef and author, Julia Child was born Julia McWilliams, on August 15, 1912, in Pasadena, California. The eldest of three children, Julia was educated at San Francisco's elite Katherine Branson School for Girls, where at a towering height of 6 feet, 2 inches—she was the tallest student in her class. In 1930, she enrolled at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts. Upon her graduation, she moved to New York, where she worked in the advertising department of the prestigious home furnishings company W&J Sloane. <br />In 1948 the Childs, Julia and husband Paul, moved to France. While there, Julia developed a penchant for French cuisine and attended the world-famous Cordon Bleu cooking school. Following her six-month training—which included private lessons with master chef Max Bugnard, Julia banded with fellow Cordon Bleu students Simone Beck and Louisette Bertholle to form the cooking school <em>L'Ecole de Trois Gourmandes </em>(The School of the Three Gourmands). With a goal of adapting sophisticated French cuisine for mainstream Americans, the trio collaborated on a two-volume cookbook titled Mastering the Art of French Cooking (1961). Published in the U.S., the 800-page book was considered a groundbreaking work and has since become a standard guide for the culinary community. Then living in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Julia promoted her book on the Boston public broadcasting station. Displaying her trademark forthright manner and hearty humor, she prepared an omelet on air. She got rave reviews and "The French Chef" TV series on WGBH in 1962 was born, like "Mastering the Art of French Cooking", it succeeded in changing the way Americans related to food, while also establishing Julia as a local celebrity. Shortly thereafter, The French Chef was syndicated to 96 stations throughout America. For her efforts, Julia received the prestigious George Foster Peabody Award in 1964 followed by an Emmy Award in 1966.<br /><br />But French cooking was not her only trade...<br /> Several years ago it was also revealed that Julia Child was a spy in a secret organization formed by President Franklin Roosevelt during the Second World War.<br /> She also helped work on a project to develop a shark repellent, to stop sharks from exploding underwater mines. A chef and a spy, as well as a chemist, Julia Child not only taught us to cook she helped save thousand of lives.Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09497363114642006712noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-198180398909916021.post-38648440391063492672009-08-25T13:34:00.003-04:002009-08-25T14:09:48.819-04:00How to know when a person is telling a lie!<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cmxYzFT5FNA/SpQo3yIlynI/AAAAAAAAA1M/4TrwkvtDZOE/s1600-h/Car+salesman.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 104px; height: 96px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cmxYzFT5FNA/SpQo3yIlynI/AAAAAAAAA1M/4TrwkvtDZOE/s320/Car+salesman.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373965194175564402" /></a><br />Did you know...<br />It's easier than you may think to become a human lie detector.<br />Everyone tells a lie ever now and then (politicians and car salesmen more often) <br />and most give themselves away with their eyes and/or body language.<br /><br />Look for Suspicious Behaviors <br /><br />By themselves, each of these behaviors can just be signs of stress, or even a person's natural mannerisms. One can occur by chance, but when two or more of these behaviors suddenly appear at a moment when lying could be expedient, you should be skeptical. For example, when you ask a salesman how reliable that used car is, it suggests he's lying. BUT look out Politicians and car salesmen, they have perfected lying and you may miss these little quirks.<br /><br />Here's the top eight list of suspicious behaviors: <br /><br />A change in the voice's pitch. <br />A change in the rate of speech. <br />A sudden increase in the number of "ums" and "ahs." <br />A change in eye contact. Normally, one makes eye contact one-quarter to one-half of the time. If suddenly, at the convenient moment to lie, he's staring at you or looking away, beware. <br />Turning his body away from you, even if just slightly. <br />Suddenly being able to see the white on the top and bottom of a person's eyes, not just the sides. <br />A hand reaching, even if momentarily, to cover part of the face, especially the mouth. <br />Nervous movement of feet or legs. <br />Of course, in order to notice a change, you need a baseline. So you must first watch the person when talking about innocuous issues. <br /><br /><br />A Mixed Signal <br /><br />Also look for mixed signals. When someone's telling the truth, her words, her face and her body language are all congruent. For example, if a person is honestly saying that she likes you, her face is usually relaxed, offering a gentle smile and warm eyes. Her body is calm and open. But when she's lying, something is usually inconsistent. In the most obvious case, she may be saying she likes you, but she's not smiling. She may even have a clenched fist. Better liars can muster a smile, but it doesn't look natural. Even better liars can put on a convincing smile, but their eyes aren't smiling. Still better liars can control their entire face, but their bodies seem closed or cold. Look for mismatches between words and body language. <br /><br />When you've gotten a signal -- a change in body language or a mixed signal that the person may be lying -- ask for more information about the same topic. Are those same lying signs apparent? That can confirm your suspicion. <br /><br />Of course, there's no foolproof way to detect lying. Some people are terrific at covering themselves up, especially if they are naturally emotionally flat or have practiced their lying skills over many years -- certain political leaders come to mind. But if you look for behavior changes and mixed signals at lying-expedient moments, you will improve your BS detector.Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09497363114642006712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-198180398909916021.post-6611877772471777822009-08-04T13:54:00.002-04:002009-08-04T14:32:59.888-04:00Numbers on Stickers found on Fruit and Vegetables<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cmxYzFT5FNA/Snh-1UJ2OWI/AAAAAAAAA0c/C256V1UmP2w/s1600-h/fruit+with+sticker.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 128px; height: 85px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cmxYzFT5FNA/Snh-1UJ2OWI/AAAAAAAAA0c/C256V1UmP2w/s320/fruit+with+sticker.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366178410420124002" /></a><br />Did you know...<br />Or have you ever even thought about what<br />those little stickers, that are so hard to remove, found on your fruit and vegetables in your supermarket tells you about that item? <br />As much as we may dislike them, these little stickers or labels attached to the fruit or vegetables do more than speed up the scanning process at the checkout stand. The PLU code, or price lookup number printed on the sticker, tells you how the fruit was grown.<br />It's something we all should know but were never told because most people don't know<br />what they mean. Well here is the information about them and it may surprise you to know that those stickers tells us more than just the price per item.<br /><br />Any fruit or vegetable that has a sticker that starts with the number four (4) means it's commercially produced and NOT organic. <br /><br />Any fruit or vegetable that has a sticker that starts with the number eight (8) means the fruit was <strong>GENETICALLY ALTERED</strong> <br /><br />Any fruit or vegetable that has a sticker that starts with nine the number (9) means it's <strong>ORGANICALLY GROWN</strong> and instead of four numbers total on the label they have five numbers.<br /><br />There you have it...Now you can purchase your fruits and vegetables knowing a little more about what you are putting in your body.Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09497363114642006712noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-198180398909916021.post-33865137161757968402009-08-03T16:08:00.002-04:002009-08-03T16:20:28.614-04:00Short assortment of facts<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cmxYzFT5FNA/SndGcYThbCI/AAAAAAAAA0M/CgUOH2cE1GY/s1600-h/Mona+Lisa+close-up.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 107px; height: 122px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cmxYzFT5FNA/SndGcYThbCI/AAAAAAAAA0M/CgUOH2cE1GY/s320/Mona+Lisa+close-up.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365834934409849890" /></a><br />Did you know...<br /><br /> Mona Lisa has no eyebrows. <br />It was the fashion in Renaissance Florence to shave them off!<br />Some women still do that today, Then draw them on.<br /><br /><br />Tablecloths were originally meant to be served as towels <br />which dinner guests could wipe their hands and faces after eating!<br />So wiping my hands on that pure white lining cloth is acceptable?<br /><br /><br />Tourists visiting Iceland should know that tipping at a restaurant is considered an insult!<br />While leaving NO tip in a USA restaurant is an insult to all who work there.<br /><br /><br /><br />It takes glass one million years to decompose, which means it never wears out and can be recycled an infinite amount of times! <br />Another reason to recycle.<br /><br /><br />Forest fires move faster uphill than downhill!<br />And I thought they moved in the direction of which the wind blew!<br /><br /><br />Almost half the newspapers in the world are published in the United States and Canada!<br />Does this mean we are hungry for the news or do Americans and Canadians just read more?<br /><br /><br />The Philadelphia mint produces 26 million pennies per day!<br />Sad fact is that it cost more to mint the penny than what it is worth.Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09497363114642006712noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-198180398909916021.post-31846855689996374372009-08-03T12:00:00.005-04:002009-08-03T12:42:49.201-04:00A Play on WordsDid you know..<br />There are sayings and signs that actually mean what they say but<br />when you read them without punctuation they turn out to be funny. <br />With a simple use of the correct punctuation they would mean exactly<br />what the writer wanted us to read. But on signs we don't use these<br />much needed punctuation and it causes the sign to have a funny meaning.<br />Like the traffic sign we see on streets where children play the sign reads<br /><br /> <center> SLOW<br /> Children <br /> at Play</center><br /><br />Just how slow these children are is not stated so we have to drive carefully.<br /><br />At a local Church it says <br /><center>Thinking of committing Suicide<br />Let the Church Help</center><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cmxYzFT5FNA/SnMLRHiomsI/AAAAAAAAAz8/AKbw12CqjvE/s1600-h/Police+pun.bmp"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 294px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cmxYzFT5FNA/SnMLRHiomsI/AAAAAAAAAz8/AKbw12CqjvE/s320/Police+pun.bmp" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364643969838389954" /></a><br /><br />Sometimes what we mean to say just doesn't come out right!<br />But it's always good for a laugh...<br />Have you seen a funny sign in your town?<br />Leave it in the comment area for all to see...Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09497363114642006712noreply@blogger.com1